AuthorTopic: VNC over SSH (Read 6050 times)

I am relativly new to Linux, and so far it has mostly been me playing with it. But I am running a minecraft server from an older laptop, and am looking for a way to remote manage, I was using teamviewer, but my root password screwed up, so I needed to reinstall, and can't get teamviewer working again. I like vnc for the full interface, but I want the security of SSH. I know it is possible to get vnc over SSH, and I have vnc working. I am going with VL 6 standard gold as host, and an android phone as client. I also want to be able to access my default desktop (0 I believe) as that is where the surver runs from. I know I could move it to the vnc window, but I still want to be able to use the full laptop experience, and the server is for more than just me. That is why I want the remote access. Please let me know if more information is needed.

To access display 0, use "x11vnc" on your server. It is in the VL6 "extra" repo.

I use this kind of setup daily, both locally and for computers in a remote location. On the LAN, behind a firewall, I don't worry about the SSH tunnel. If you want to access the machine from the Internet, a separate discussion about port forwarding and security is in order.

That needs to be revised for VL7. But i'm not sure we have VL7 packages in the repos for this, although the slack 13.0 and 13.1 builds work fine... I use this to access my server + virtual machines remotely.

The most common problem after installation is a locked "nx" account. To diagnose any session problems, run `tail -f /var/log/messages` while trying to connect from a remote host (note: connecting from the local machine will not work).

definitely. ssh is a powerful thing. ive done that and http traffiy tunneling [proxy]. but for remote desktop, vnc is only good for lan access. from outside your lan, the lag is brutal. Thats why i use nx